Being a Professional Mathematician

By Tony Mann and Chris Good

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Audio files from the project Being a Professional Mathematician, which produced worksheets and other resources for the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. www.beingamathematician.org

Episode Date
Hugh Everett III: Many Worlds of Mathematics
May 31, 2012
Florence Nightingale: "What use were mathematics to a married woman?"
May 31, 2012
James Joseph Sylvester (1814 - 1897): "An outsider breaking into the established societal norms"
May 31, 2012
Emilie du Chatelet: "A normal woman and a good scientist"
May 31, 2012
Thomas Harriot (1560 - 1621)
May 31, 2012
Gwyneth Stallard: "That moment when suddenly things fit together"
May 31, 2012
Mason Porter: "I don't usually prove theorems"
May 31, 2012
Sue Merchant: "An ability to empathise with the client"
May 31, 2012
Jay Jobanputra: "A mathematician will always stand out"
May 31, 2012
Peter Furness: I have "Mathematician" on my business card
May 31, 2012
Rosemary Dyson: "A very very very applied mathematician"
May 31, 2012
Nira Chamberlain: "You don't need anybody’s permission to be a great mathematician"
May 31, 2012
Danny Brown: How about physically making something?
May 31, 2012